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TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2016 AT 10:02 A.M. BY LOREN GREEN Patrick’s Cabaret may have just announced it’s going nomadic, but the annual Longfellow Roots, Rock & Deep-Blues Festival — the annual fundraiser for Patrick’s — will return July 16 to the intersection of Lake Street and Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis. The sixth annual festival will feature a variety of…

It it’s 5th year the annual fundraiser for Patrick’s Cabaret took on a new identity as: The Longfellow Roots, Rock & Deep Blues Festival. On a perfect hot summer Saturday attendees were treated to a wide range of musical acts, art, food and drink. BY MARKUS AKRE · JULY 22, 2015 …

For 29 years, Patrick’s Cabaret has been a non-profit artists organization devoted, above all else, to their local community. So it’s only fitting that their annual fundraising festival has taken on a new moniker for its fifth anniversary: The Longfellow Roots, Rock & Deep Blues Festival. The new name embraces the community that has embraced Patrick’s, showcasing local restaurants,…

A cool blend of its neighborhood’s diverse, artsy flavor and rootsy or punky, hidden-gem musicians from all over, the fifth annual Longfellow Roots, Rock & Deep Blues Festival is bringing in a trio of noteworthy acts from Mississippi to perform amid its three stages, including soulful Southern rocker Jimbo Mathus of Squirrel Nut Zippers notoriety,…

The Longfellow Roots, Rock and Deep-Blues Festival, presented by Patrick’s Cabaret, returns on Saturday, July 18 for its fifth year, expanding from Lake Street to Minnehaha Avenue. The festival, which has earned numerous media honors, is returning this year with an even larger event than ever, featuring over two dozen bands on six stages, many local artists, and a new international food court.by Sadie Bell · June 30, 2015 •…

The Twin Cities’ Roots, Rock, and Deep Blues Festival recently took to Indiegogo to help raise funds for this year’s festivities. And while their tempting, original rewards for contributing are eye-catching enough (with the fundraising campaign open until June 10), now the folks associated with our Best Rock Festival of the past year have revealed…

A crossroads between young hipster cool, old hippie good vibes and big-city multiculturalism, the area around Lake Street and Minnehaha Avenue in south Minneapolis is spiritedly reflected in the eclectic lineup and general let-it-roll atmosphere of Roots, Rock, and Deep Blues. The single-day bash lands on a Saturday (July 19 this year) in and around…

Of course we love our outdoor music fests in Minnesota. We’ll even put up with long beer lines, crappy food, filler bands, and poor sound — as long as they aren’t all present — for some fun in the sun. But we didn’t have a single quibble with this past summer’s Twin Cities Roots, Rock,…